Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon & undercard RBR

Broner isn't very good. Gamboa crushes him.

 

I may get flamed for this but I was not that impressed. I AM a Gamboa fan. However, it really seems like he doesn't have a set style. He drops his hands like Martinez and RJJ (back in the day) but ONLY when retreating. He doesn't use a low hands style to be a reflex based fighter so I see no point in Gamboa doing that. Secondly, he tries to use the shoulder roll and does so "OK." He is not Toney or Mayweather and it only serves to get that straight right or uppercut in on occasion. Finally, his rallies tonight were not very impressive. A lot of the crowd cheering influenced judges no doubt. On replay's Leon ducked a alot of them and really didn't take much damage.

As a side note, I was not impressed with the late punch off the break as that was VERY intended and not reactionary.

Again, he is a good fighter. However, he is nowhere near a superfight; especially after tonight in my opinion. While many many disagree, that is what is great about opinions; everyone is entitled to them. I had Gamboa winning almost every round; however I had some that were pretty close. I think they would have gotten closer if the butt didn't happen and the fight went deeper. Oh well. So-So scrap.

 

At the best PDL got a draw against Broner. I scored a 2 round margin in Broner's favor.

 

Man I been really liked Ortiz every since I watched him stay cool and weave from a Mike Arnoutis jab, then pounce his ass in the corner. Then it did suck when he gave that post fight interview from Maidana, but he's come back a long ways from there.

Floyd is the man, but this will be the most live and energetic dude he been in with in a LONG time.

 

Super fight's are hard to come by...

but there are good fights... Whats your opinion on a mikey garcia fight early to mid 2012.

 

he's not a very intelligent/alert fighter.

 

People keep judging an outcome of Gamboa vs Lopez based on their performances against common opponents. It doesn't work that way.

 

I saw Gamboa play a perfect strategy. He knew when to pounce on PDL, and he wasted nothing in there. Just standing in there, countering him with that sweet counter hook, which he might have gotten a little too comfortable with.
When the camera zoomed in on DeLeon in the corner, he was breathing out of the mouth and looking for a way out. Gamboa would have KO'd DeLeon without a doubt purely based on the difference in physical conditioning. PDL would have been a punching bag by the tenth.

 

Exactly. I hate that people dismiss fights like that nowadays. "Oh he lost to that guy? Well I have no interest in a fight that I used to think was a good style fight now. He lost to a guy not even similar. Move along."

 

Gift ? Lopez dominated the first 10 rounds of that fight.